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SEO Keyword Spidering Question

by CPApromoter
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I know this question should be posted in an SEO related section of the forum... But I'm a CPA guy and I want to hear the answer from my CPA colleagues. So here is my SEO Keyword question:
Do search engines (primarily google) include the word "of" when the bots read your site? More specifically, does the word "of" get included in keyword density?

For example:
If I wanted to Rank for the longtail keyword of "Chance of Rain"... is the word "of" ignored by google bot? Am I really ranking for "Chance Rain"??? OR are "Chance of Rain" and "Chaince Rain" viewed as two separate keyword phrases by the bot / indexer?
#keyword #question #seo #spidering
  • Profile picture of the author COPEAC Stephen
    I've been researching, asking SEO publishers about this because i'm curious to find out the answer. I dont have a reply or an answer yet but I'm intrigued and I'll keep looking and asking so we can both find out the answer...if you happen to find out please post it on here if you don't mind.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alina Thompson
    I think it is included. I have seen few such phrases ranking. But then again I am not the expert Optimizer.
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  • Profile picture of the author CPApromoter
    I still have not found a definitive answer for this. I know I have heard of there being words which googlebot ignores, however... I started thinking of it in boolean terms; and saw that there is a SLIGHT difference in returned results when you search CHANCE OF RAIN with and without QUOTES....
    would still love to hear more on this. thanks everyone :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author COPEAC Stephen
    OK so not a definitive answer but after speaking to a few different people.

    If you place the word "of" in your meta tag and anchor text, for this specific example it looks Google will notice that and kick back different results for chance rain and chance of rain...
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